The odds of being struck by lightning are very small, but for two Grayson County emergency medical service workers, it became a reality while responding to a call.“We had no idea what had happened, really, right at first,” EMT Blake Schroerlucke said.For Schroerlucke and his partner, a paramedic, Sunday’s shift started like any other.“(We) had one run already and was not expecting anything out of the norm of a regular shift,” Schroerlucke said.Around 2 p.m., they got a call that a woman lost control of her car on Western Kentucky Parkway.The road was wet from storms earlier in the day.“But we thought we were in the clear, that we probably had a good window just to load the patient and go,” Schroerlucke saidThe two EMS workers got the woman on the stretcher and were about to put her in the ambulance.“We were probably 30 seconds from being inside the truck, if that,” Schroerlucke said.The weather changed quickly.“We heard a loud bang, both of us hit the ground,” Schroerlucke said.A lightning strike hit close to the ambulance sending a shock through them.“You feel it. I felt it just run through me, just like that, that quick,” Schroerlucke said.The shock knocked both men to the ground.“(I) crawled to him. Obviously, he had been injured. All he could say was he’d been hit. I was scared for him, essentially,” Schroerlucke said.“I mean, I work EMS, too, part-time, so the first thing I thought of was, you know, their well-being, obviously,” Grayson County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Hammons said.Hammons was standing a few feet from the ambulance when the lightning hit.“My neck and my shoulders kind of tensed but for a brief moment, and from that point, it was like things were running in slow motion, just trying to comprehend what had just happened,” Hammons said.He helped get the patient into the ambulance and then helped the EMTs.“You know, we were fortunate, extremely fortunate,” Schroerlucke said.The two first responders were taken to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center and were released a few hours later.Both returned to work this week.The woman involved in the car crash was taken to the same hospital and is expected to be OK.

GRAYSON COUNTY, Ky. —

The odds of being struck by lightning are very small, but for two Grayson County emergency medical service workers, it became a reality while responding to a call.

“We had no idea what had happened, really, right at first,” EMT Blake Schroerlucke said.

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For Schroerlucke and his partner, a paramedic, Sunday’s shift started like any other.

“(We) had one run already and was not expecting anything out of the norm of a regular shift,” Schroerlucke said.

Around 2 p.m., they got a call that a woman lost control of her car on Western Kentucky Parkway.

The road was wet from storms earlier in the day.

“But we thought we were in the clear, that we probably had a good window just to load the patient and go,” Schroerlucke said

The two EMS workers got the woman on the stretcher and were about to put her in the ambulance.

“We were probably 30 seconds from being inside the truck, if that,” Schroerlucke said.

The weather changed quickly.

“We heard a loud bang, both of us hit the ground,” Schroerlucke said.

A lightning strike hit close to the ambulance sending a shock through them.

“You feel it. I felt it just run through me, just like that, that quick,” Schroerlucke said.

The shock knocked both men to the ground.

“(I) crawled to him. Obviously, he had been injured. All he could say was he’d been hit. I was scared for him, essentially,” Schroerlucke said.

“I mean, I work EMS, too, part-time, so the first thing I thought of was, you know, their well-being, obviously,” Grayson County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Hammons said.

Hammons was standing a few feet from the ambulance when the lightning hit.

“My neck and my shoulders kind of tensed but for a brief moment, and from that point, it was like things were running in slow motion, just trying to comprehend what had just happened,” Hammons said.

He helped get the patient into the ambulance and then helped the EMTs.